desiring God … listening, waiting
Posted on Feb 20, 2026
Friday, February 20, 2026 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Our farmboy father If there are any farmers in the house, today’s remembrance is for you. Our dad, Roland Deane Sandel was born August 15, 1922, first son into a Mt. Pulaski, Illinois farming family. He enlisted in the US Army...
Posted on Feb 19, 2026
This is a relatively short account of my trip to North Carolina in February 2026. The “chapters” have been posted separately a few weeks ago; this is the whole banana. During the trip and reflecting on it afterward, I realize how so many relationships have been both precious and priceless for me. When 50...
Thursday, February 19, 2026 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Thoughts matter Moses said to the people, “Today I have set before you life and prosperity, death and doom. I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Choose life, then! Heed his voice, hold fast to...
Posted on Feb 18, 2026
Ash Wednesday, February 18, 2026 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) The year before our mother died Even now, says the Lord, return to me with your whole heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning. Rend your hearts, and return to the Lord, your God. Reeling before the blasts of...
Posted on Feb 17, 2026
Tuesday, February 17, 2026 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Sweet surrender, sweet dreams Blessed is he who perseveres in temptation, for when he has been proven he will receive the crown of life that he promised to those who love him. Lying on a very comfortable bed. Persistent woodpecker pounding...
Posted on Feb 16, 2026
Monday, February 16, 2026 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Green pastures Consider it all joy, my brothers and sisters, when you encounter various trials, for you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. And let perseverance be perfect, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in...
Posted on Feb 15, 2026
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 15, 2026 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Growing up a Sandel Blessed are they who follow the law of the Lord! Blessed are they whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the LORD. Blessed are they who observe his decrees, who...
Posted on Feb 14, 2026
Saturday, February 14, 2026 Memorial of Saints Cyril, Monk and Methodius, Bishop Feast of Saint Valentine (Valentine’s Day) (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Love never ends Oh, no! In second grade my nemesis Scott was talking in class while Mrs. Armstrong was in the hall. When she came back she...
Posted on Feb 13, 2026
Friday, February 13, 2026 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Sandel time If only my people would hear me, and Israel walk in my ways, Quickly would I humble their enemies; against their foes I would turn my hand. In 2024 I visited my Aunt Vera in Peoria and we facetimed...
Thursday, February 12, 2026 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Meatballs Marc and I had dinner at Biaggi’s, a popular, restful Italian restaurant in Champaign. Marc ordered risotto with scallops, I wanted spaghetti and meatballs in the worst way. Marc had a cucumber martini and I drank water, wishing it was...
